Shoe shining apparatus



Nov. 29, 1932. L, A YAL 1,889,620

580E SHINING APPARATUS Filed Nov 11, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. LOUIS AN EYE. IL,

BY w m A TTORNEYS.

Nov. 29, 1932. ANGYAL SHOE SHINING APPARATUS Filed Nov 11', 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 RD s m H mm 5 6 Maw/A f 5/. BY LB Patented Nov. 29, 1932 UNITED STATES LOUIS ANGYAL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA snon smrne Hymns Application filed November 11, 1931. Serial No. 574,432.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe shining apparatus and has particular reference to a device for use in homes or ofiices.

The principal object is to produce a device wherein the foot may be placed upon a chair, table or like article of furniture without marring the same, and providing a support for the shoe to be polished.

A further object is to produce a device which is simple in construction and economic'al to manufacture.

A still further object is to produce a device which is readily transportable.

An additional object is to produce a device wherein the stocking of the wearer of the shoe being polished, will be protected from soil.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my devlce as the same would appear in use, I

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stocking protector,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my device Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the roller holding plate,

35 Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the polishing strap, and

Fig. 7 is an edge elevation of Flg. 6.

It is customary for a person to polish the shoes by passing a cloth over the shoe and it often occurs that a person will put his foot upon a chair and consequently mar the chair. Applicant has produced a device wherein a suitable support is placed upon the chair, r upon which the foot rests, which support extends over the edge of the chair or other article of furniture, after which the polishing element is moved over the shoe.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustrations is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5- designates a chair'or any article of furniture upon which the rear portion'of the pad 6 rests. This pad may be made of any suitable material and covered with any suitable fabric. Positioned upon the pad 6 ism. 5 roller: holding plate 7 which is secured to the padm anyconvenient manner, as for instance, by screws 8 and 9. This pad carries ears 11, 12 and 13. These ears serve to hold a bent wire 14, one end of which is connected to the ear 11, then passes through the car 13' and has its opposite end connected to the ear 12. Rollers 16 are freely rotatable on this wire between'the ears 11 and 13, and 12 and 13. A covering 17 is placed over the plate 7.

Referring now to Fig. 1 it will be noted that a guard 18 having hooks 19 is placed around the article above a point of the shoe so as to protect the stocking of the V wearer, and the downwardly projecting hooks 19 will prevent the rubbing element from passing above the top line of the guard.

The polishing element is in the form of a strap A having surfaces 21 and 22 and ends or handles 23 and 24 respectively. The surface 21 may be used as a cleaning surface and the surface 22 as a polishing surface, or vice versa. Removably attached to one end of the strap 18 a polishingelement 26, which may be employed when tan shoes or shoes of a different color are being polished. In use the handles 23 and 24 are grasped by the operator and the polishing strap is drawn across the shoes of the wearer, as indicated in Fig. 1. Thereafter the ends 23 and 24 are bent downwardly and the surface 22 of the strap will contact the rollers during certain movements of the polishingoperation. The position of v 90 the strap, with relation to the rollers, is dis- 7 closed to advantage in Fig. 4 and it will be noted that due to the rotation of the rollers on the wire 14 and the movement of thestrap therewith, danger of wearing thesurface of 5 the strap will be eliminated and a free and easy movement of the strap over the shoe will be effected.

to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 2- In a device of the character described, a portable shoe shining pad having the gen eral contour of a shoe sole, a plate positioned on said pad, said plate having a pair of side ears formed thereon and provided with a for- Wardly extending front ear, a Wire secured to said side ears and adapted to be supported by said front ear, said Wire being spaced from the edge of said plate, a plurality of spaced rollers rotatable on said Wire and adapted to be contacted by apolishing strap in its movement over a shoe positioned on said pad.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS ANGYAL. 

